St. Patrick’s Michael Collins Fun

St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner, are you ready to celebrate? I have a couple recipes from Michael Collins to help your party planning along tonight. The recipes aren’t all for cocktails. They also sent me a recipe to help you with the dinner portion of your party. It’s a traditional St. Patrick’s Day corned beef and cabbage recipe with a few interesting twists. I’ll just keep you in suspense until we get there.

Did you know that just over 200 years ago, there were over 1,200 Irish whiskey distilleries? Today, there are 3. Despite the decline, Irish Whiskey is making a comeback and the resurgence of Irish Whiskey is leading to innovative cocktails beyond the Irish Car Bomb and Irish Coffee.

Richard Blais, the Top Chef and Culinary Designer known for his Molecular Gastronomy and red hair is turning up the heat this St. Patrick’s Day combining Ireland’s best – Corned Beef, Cabbage and Michael Collins Irish Whiskey to make some very interesting cocktails for St. Patrick’s Day this year. Check it out…

Corned Beef and Cabbage Cocktail – The “Corned Beef Collins”

What do you think? Sound like something you’d drink? I’m not sure, but it might be fun to serve at a party just to see how people react.

Chef Blais didn’t stop there, he prepared a gourmet meal using molecular gastronomy: Corned beef cooked in Michael Collins Whiskey, brown sugar and mustard with cabbage and oak smoked potato cannelloni, now that sounds like something I could enjoy!